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§1 Plant

Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.

vernacular hairawn muhly — species · Poaceae

USDA
MUCA2
GBIF
2704016
Rank
species
hairawn muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris)
Platephotograph · Lauren McLaurinCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Muhlenbergia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b

County-level range

· 367 counties across 27 states/territories
Legend Native · 367 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
High
Moisture use
High
Fire
High
Salinity
High
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
7 °F minimum
Frost-free days
120 min.
Precipitation
30–90 in/yr
pH range
5.8–6.8
Root depth
9 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
3 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Yellow-Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
Red
Fruit colour
Purple
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Fall
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Fall
Seed ends
Winter
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
1,400,000
Propagation
seed, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 367 counties across 27 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 31 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 32 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 51 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 41 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/MUCA2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2704016 ↗

Record version

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